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| Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (1589–1662) | ||||||||||
| A painter, draughtsman, book illustrator, and print designer, Van de Venne was born in Delft to Protestant parents who had fled religious persecution in the Southern Netherlands. Initially self-taught, he studied under Simon Van der Valck, a goldsmith in Delft, before becoming a pupil of Jerome van Diest. From 1618 to 1624, he worked in Middelburg, but by 1625 he had moved to The Hague, where his name appears in the city's archives from that year onwards. He was a founding member of the Pictura Society in 1656. Van de Venne painted a wide variety of subjects, including history, allegory, landscapes, hunting and battle scenes, and depictions of conflagrations. His characteristic style drew influences from both Jan Brueghel the Elder's landscapes and Pieter Bruegel the Elder's satirical peasant scenes. He excelled in grisaille, a technique he adopted later in life. As a designer, he created vignettes for an edition of the works of the Dutch poet Cats and for several printers of his time. He also collaborated with his brother Jan, a publisher, to produce popular Dutch emblem books that paired illustrations with moral reflections. In addition, he was also a poet, publishing several satires. A strong supporter of the House of Orange and the Reformed Religion, Van de Venne died in The Hague. Despite the large scale of some of his paintings, the number of his works remains considerable. | ||||||||||
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